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As FTX disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried steps to defend himself in the court on Thursday, here’s what has transpired ever since the FTX bankruptcy. Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in defense of his actions leading up to the collapse of FTX and his entire digital asset empire. His legal team confirmed
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Prosecutors intend to rest their case on Thursday, at which point SBF's defense lawyers will begin calling witnesses -- including Sam Bankman-Fried himself, possibly as soon as later in the day. Source
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Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried will be no match for government prosecutors, who will poke holes in his defense when he takes the stand in his criminal trial, said SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci.In an Oct. 25 interview on CNBC’s Last Call, Scaramucci said the United States Department of Justice prosecutors will
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A Wednesday defense filing asked Judge Lewis Kaplan, who's overseeing the case, to grant the defense attorneys permission to ask Bankman-Fried about certain aspects of FTX's operation and how the company's counsel were involved in making those decisions. They include FTX's use of auto-deletion policies for Signal and Slack messages,
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Mark Cohen, lead attorney for the defense in United States v Sam Bankman-Fried, said his client will take the stand and testify at a New York federal courthouse during the fraud trial for FTX’s collapse. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is one of four witnesses set to testify under oath sometime between
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Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) had a lot going against him well before the start of his criminal trial: the ire of many in the crypto space, suspicion from United States policymakers, and negative attention from some in the media looking for clickbait angles to associate with the former FTX CEO. None of
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Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried will testify as part of his defense case, said attorney Mark Cohen.In an Oct. 25 telephone conference between SBF’s lawyers, prosecutors and Judge Lewis Kaplan, Cohen said following the prosecution completing the presentation of its case on Oct. 26, his team planned to call
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The court had previously agreed to let the defense start after lunch on Thursday, when the DOJ expected to call two or three witnesses, including an FTX customer and investor. The defense has proposed six witnesses to start its case, the filing said. The DOJ filing did not name any
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The defense team has revealed its sole proposed expert witness, who’ll try to point out flaws in the DOJ’s presentations. Source
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are planning to put forward an expert witness to counter testimony from former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and other witnesses about the extent of financial ties between FTX and the trading firm.In an Oct. 23 letter to New York District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Bankman-Fried’s attorneys said
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